Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Gaddafi's Polices

1. No electricity bill in Libya; electricity is free for all its citizens

2. There is no interest on loans, banks in Libya are state-owned and loans given to all its citizens at 0% interest by law

3. Home considered a human right in Libya – Gaddafi vowed that his parents would not get a house until everyone in Libya had a home. Gaddafi’s father has died while he, his wife and his mother are still living in a tent

4. All newlyweds in Libya receive $60,000 Dinar (US$50,000) by the government to buy their first apartment so to help start up the family

5. Education and medical treatments are free in Libya. Before Gaddafi only 25% of Libyans are literate. Today the figure is 83%

6. Should Libyans want to take up farming career, they would receive farming land, a farming house, equipment, seeds and livestock to kick-start their farms – all for free

7. If Libyans cannot find the education or medical facilities they need in Libya, the government funds them to go abroad for it – not only free but they get US$2,300/mth accommodation and car allowance

8. If a Libyan buys a car, the government subsidised 50% of the price

9. The price of petrol in Libya is $0.14 per litre

10. Libya has no external debt and its reserves amount to $150 billion – now frozen globally.
Great Man-Made River project in Libya… $27 billion

11. If a Libyan is unable to get employment after graduation the state would pay the average salary of the profession as if he or she is employed until employment is found

12. A portion of Libyan oil sale is credited directly to the bank accounts of all Libyan citizens
13. A mother who gave birth to a child receives US$5,000

14. 40 loaves of bread in Libya costs $ 0.15

15. 25% of Libyans have a university degree

16. Gaddafi carried out the world’s largest irrigation project, known as the Great Man-Made
River project, to make water readily available throughout the desert country